Combined mop and mop-wringer.



PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

C. E. SHAW.

COMBINED MUP AND MGP WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1903.

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19m?. iM/w- UNITED STATES- Patented August 30, 1904.

CHARLES E. SHAW, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

COMBINED WIOP AND NIOP WRING|ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,776, dated August 30, 1904.

Application filed July 29, 1903. Serial N0. 167,501. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom 2315 may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. SHAW, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Mop and Mop-Vringer, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention seeks to provide a wringer in which the wringing' devices are a part of the mop-holder, and it more particularly seeks to provide a device of this character of simple,economical, and inexpensive construction which will effectively serve its intended purposes.

The invention further seeks to provide an improved mop-wringer of the kind disclosed in my prior patent, which was granted on October 8, 1901, and bears the number 684,115.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mopwringer constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section of a portion thereof, the parts being Vshown in the position which they assume when the device is to be used to wring mop-cloths. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view illustrating the manner in which the endwise-movable shaft of the device is held against downward movement in the hollow when the device is to be used as a mop. Fig. 5 is a detail view of thetwo-part casing.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1 designates a casing consisting of the sections 11 1b, each of which includes an enlarged portion 1, forming a chamber 1, a long tubular portion 1e, and a short tubular portion 1g, Yfor a purpose presently to appear. The sections of the casing 1 are in practice held together by collars or bands c c taking around the long tubular portions 1e of the several sections and by a hollow handle member 5, the lower end 5a of which iits over the short tubular portions 1g of the casing 1 and is held in position by the screws 5y, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. 50 Each casing-section 1a lb includes a horizontally-disposed short tubular portion 1h 1h, which forms a bearing for the shaft 2 when the parts are assembled, and the said shaft 2 carries at its outer end a crank member 2a, 55 having a handle 2b, and at its inner end within the chamber 1d the shaft 2 carries a bevelgear 2c to mesh with the bevel-gears 3 and 4 hereinafter again referred to.

Mounted to turn within the long tubular member 1e, which Yserves as a bearing therefor, is a hollow shaft 4, carrying a bevel-gear 4 at its upper end within the casing 1 and in mesh with the bevel-gear 2. At its lower end the shaft 4 carries a cross-arm 10, detachably 6 5 secured to the said shaft bythe screws 10X, as shown. The said cross-arm 10 has elongated apertures 10a 10a to receive the mopcloths 7, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

6 designates a long shaft, preferably square 70 in cross-section, which passes loosely through the hollow shaft 4 and hub 3a of the bevelgear 3, which hub 3 has a central aperture to cooperate with said long shaft 6, whereby the shaft 6 and the gear 3 will turn together 75 for a purpose presently to appear. The gear 3 is held in mesh with the gear 2c within the casing 1d. Connected to the upper end of the shaft 6 by screws 6X or otherwise and adapted for longitudinal adjustment within the hol- SO low handle is a-rod .8, preferably constructed of hardwood, and the said rod 8 serves as a continuation of the handle 5 when the parts are to be used as a mop, as shown in Fig. 1.

By reference to Fig. 4 it will be seen the 85 rod 8 carries near its lower end a latch 8x, mounted in the horizontal bore 81of the rod 8, and the said latch, which -is normally forced to its operative or handle-engaging position by a coil-spring 8", is prevented from being 90 pushed out over the bore 8a by the cross-pin 8C, which passes through the elongated aperture 8d in the latch" 8x. The latch 8x is so arranged that when the parts are in the position shown in Fig'. 1 the said latch will en- 95 gage the upper portion of the hollow handle 5 to prevent the downward movement of the rod 8, and consequently the shaft 6, when the mop is in its operative position. To prevent the latch 8X engaging with the inner side of the hollow handle 5 when the mop-cloths are being' wrung out, I provide the said handle with a reduced portion 5x near its upper end and the rod 8 with a large and a reduced portion, the diameter of the lower end of the said rod 8 being' the same as the dia-meter of the reduced upper portion of the handle 5, whereby the lower end of the said rod will snugly fit the upper end of the handle when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1. Detachably secured to the extreme lower end of the rod 6 by screws 6X or otherwise is a second cross-arm 12 of the same construction as the cross-arm 10, and the said cross-arm 12 has elongated apertures 12lL 12'Ll to receive the mop-cloths 7.

So far as described the operation of my invention can be best explained as follows: l/V hen the parts are in the relative position shown in Fig. 1, the latch 8x serves to retain them in such position, and the device may therefore be used as a mop with the same facility and ease as the ordinary mop, the operator grasping the rod portion 8. Vhen it is desired to wring the mop-cloths 7, the operator grasps the hollow handle 5 and rod. 8 and through the medium of the latter moves the endwise-movable shaft 6, so as to carry its cross-arm 12 into the position shown in Fig. 2. lVhen this is done, the operator grasps the handle in one hand and with the other hand turns the crank 2, when the endwise-movable shaft 6 and the hollow shaft t will be turned in opposite directions to the mop when it is wrapped around the extended portions of the shaft 6 and thoroughly wrung free of water. During this operation the latch 8X will rest in the comparatively large portion 5y of the hollow handle 5, and hence will not interfere with the rotation of the shaft carrying the crossarm. As soon as the wringing operation is completed, however, the parts may be restored to the position shown in Fig. 1 by simply placing the head 12 upon the iloor and shoving the casing and hollow handle down on the shaft 6 until the head 10 is adjacent to the head 12 and the latch 8X springs outward and assumes the position above the upper end of the hollow handle 5. In this latter position the latch will hold the shaft carrying the head 12 against casual endwise movement with respect to the casing 1, and shaft-section 4, hollow handle 5, and hence the mop, may be handled and used in the ordinary manner.

To turn the device into a mop-wringer, it is simply necessary that the operator press the latch 8X inwardly and push down the rod 8 into the hollow handle.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it is thought the complete operation and advantages of my invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi

l. A combined mop and mop-wringer, comprising in combination; a two-part casing having pendent vertical bearing portions and integral lateral horizontal bearing portions,

, means mounted on the vertical and horizontal bearing portions for holding the two-part casing together, said casing also including short u pwardly-extending bearing portions 1f', a hollow handle extended upwardly from the part 1f of the casing, a hollow shaft et" having` a pinion i mounted within the lower end of the two-part casing, a slotted cross-arm connected to the lower end of the cross-shaft adapted to receive the mop-cloth, a gear 3 having' a stub portion to lit within the parts 1f' of the casing, a shaft 6 upon which the gear 3 is mounted, said shaft extending through the hollow shaft 4, a slotted cross-arm secured to the lower end of the said shaft adapted to receive the mop-cloth and a drive-gear 2c that meshes with the gears 3 and imounted in the lateral extensions of the two-part casing and a supplemental handle attached to the upper end of the shaft 6 located. within the hollow handle 5 and having portions projected above it, all being arranged substantially as shown and described.

2. In a combined mop and mop-wringer, the combination with a two-part casing 1, having vertical bearing portions 1e and horizontal bearing portions l, of rings-a a, adapted to pass over the vertical bearings 1c and a ring adapted to pass over horizontal bearings lh to hold the casing-sections together said casing also including a short vertical portion 1g', a hollow handle 5 having a portion frL to slip over the said casing portions 1g to hold the casing together, said hollow handle tapering upwardly and terminating' in the cylindrical portion 5, of a hollow shaft 4e having a pinion 4 at one end disposed within the casing, and a cross-arm 10 detachably connected to the said shaft to receive the mop-cloth, a gear 3 having a stub-shaft 3 adapted to fit within the casing and within the vertical eX- tension 1g of the casing, said gear having a longitudinally-disposed aperture, a shaft 6 passing through said gear 4L and its shaft a and through the aperture in the gear 3 and adapted to cooperate with said gear 3, of a crank having a bearing-hub 2 arranged within the bearing portion 1h of the casing and carrying a pinion 2c meshing with the pin- IOO IIO

ions 3 and 4, of a supplemental handle 8 at- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set taehed at one end to the shaft 6, and tapermy hand in presence of subscribing Witnesses. IO ing upward, a spring-catch mounted Within y s thesaidsupplemental handle near thejunoture (JHARLLS E' SHAW with the shaft 6, a Cross-arm at the lower Witnesses:

end of the shaft 6 adaptedto receive thelnop- L. L. WESTFALL, cloth, all being arranged substantially as M. H. NIoKERsoN,

shown and described. N. M. WILEY. 

